Kim Davis Admits She ‘Failed So Miserably at Marriage’
Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, said it was “ironic” that God chose her to defend marriage, considering she “failed so miserably” at it.
In June, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Constitution grants same-sex couples the right to marry. In the wake of the ruling, Davis declined to issue marriage licenses citing “God’s authority,” and eventually spent five days in prison, sparking outrage among conservatives.
Davis, who has been divorced three times, reflected on her role in the same-sex marriage debate in an interview with the Associated Press Tuesday. “How ironic that God would use a person like me, who failed so miserably at marriage in the world, to defend it now,” Davis said. “The Lord picks the unlikely source to convey the message.”
Davis called the same-sex marriage debate “a very emotional and a very real situation to all people” and told the AP she thought the Supreme Court decision “awakened” Christians across the Country.
The clerk said she felt simply sharing her beliefs wasn’t “going to make anybody believe anything,” adding, “no one would ever have remembered a county clerk that just said, ‘Even though I don’t agree with it, it’s OK. I’ll do it.'”
“If I could be remembered for one thing, it’s that I was not afraid to not compromise myself,” Davis added.
David Moore, who sued Davis in federal court over her refusal to issue same-sex marriages, told the AP is makes him “uncomfortable to hear people” use God to “justify their bigotry.”
“I don’t see how that makes her a victim or a hero. She really just had a job to do, and she just needs to do her job,” Moore said.
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